Jane HorrocksJane Horrocks (born January 18, 1964) is an English comedian and actress. She was born in Rossendale Valley, Lancashire. She went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. She lives with writer, Nick Vivian. They have a son, Dylan, and a daughter, Molly. While working on a play directed by Jim Cartwright she used to warm up by doing singing impressions of Judy Garland and Ethel Merman. Cartwright was so impressed with her that he wrote the play and the movie Little Voice just to show off her talent. Television creditsAbsolutely Fabulous, Bad Girl, Boon, Heartland, Henry IV, Hunt for Venus, La Nonna, Leaving Home, Never Mind the Horrocks, Nightlife, Red Dwarf, Road, Roots, Some Kind of Life, Suffer the Little Children, The Garden, Welcome to the Times Selected filmography
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Absolutely Fabulous, Bad Girl, Boon, Heartland, Henry IV, Hunt for Venus, La Nonna, Leaving Home, Never Mind the Horrocks, Nightlife, Red Dwarf, Road, Roots, Some Kind of Life, Suffer the Little Children, The Garden, Welcome to the Times. This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica.. Cartwright was so impressed with her that he wrote the play and the movie Little Voice just to show off her talent. Her various volumes of reminiscences contain much valuable material for the social and dramatic history of the period. While working on a play directed by Jim Cartwright she used to warm up by doing singing impressions of Judy Garland and Ethel Merman. These were followed by Records of a Girlhood (1878), Records of Later Life (1882), Notes on some of Shakespeare's Plays (1882), Far Away and Long Ago (1889), and Further Records (1891). They have a son, Dylan, and a daughter, Molly. Besides her plays, Francis the First, unsuccessfully produced in 1832, The Star of Seville (1837), a volume of Poems (1844), and a book of Italian travel, A Year of Consolation (1847), she published a volume of her Journal in 1835, and in 1863 another (dealing with life on the Georgia plantation), and also a volume of Plays, including translations from Dumas and Schiller. She lives with writer, Nick Vivian. During this period Fanny Kemble was a prominent and popular figure in the social life of London. She went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1877 she returned to England, where she lived in London using her maiden name till her death. She was born in Rossendale Valley, Lancashire. In 1847 she returned to the stage, from which she had retired on her marriage, and later, following her father's example, appeared with much success as a Shakespearian reader. Jane Horrocks (born January 18, 1964) is an English comedian and actress. They were divorced in 1849. Road (1987). In 1832 she went with her father to America, and in 1834 she married there a Southern planter, Pierce Butler. Wolves of Willoughby Chase, The (1988). She played all the principal women's parts, notably Portia, Beatrice and Lady Teazle, but Julia in Sheridan Knowles's The Hunchback, especially written for her, was perhaps her greatest success. Getting It Right (1989). Her attractive personality at once made her a great favorite, her popularity enabling her father to recoup his losses as a manager. Memphis Belle (1990). She first appeared on the stage on October 26, 1829 as Juliet at Covent Garden. Life Is Sweet (1990). Frances Anne Kemble (Fanny Kemble) (November 27, 1800 - January 15, 1893), the actress and author, was Charles Kemble's elder daughter; she was born in London, and educated chiefly in France. Second Best (1994). Some Kind of Life (1995). Little Voice (1998). Chicken Run (2000). Born Romantic (2000). |